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• The most curious orchestra you’ll ever see? LED and insects make music together.
• Take That are now banned in China.

The slippy Dublin pavement leaves pedestrians slipping and sliding to keep their balance.

Why help them when you can film it and put it on Facebook?

The history of the “Rick roll’.

The Dublin Tweasure hunt takes place tomorrow.

32 poorly translated film subtitles.

The ending of Lost explained by one of the writers .

It’s a bug’s life, The Onion comment piece.

Dublin in the summer of ’61
Stunning photos of Dublin unearthed on Boards.ie show Dubliners on their bikes alongside the old green buses and cars of a clean city.
Boards.ie thread

Charting The Beatles
Graphic designer Michael Deal has produced unique infographics which give insights into The Beatles under the categories song authorship, self-reference, key and their career-long schedule.
Charting the Beatles

Music Scribing Awards
Popmatters editor picks the best and the worst music articles written last year.
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